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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Lissard

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

What is recorded here

Thirty-four metres of grass and memory. Two banks and a ditch enclose the fort, while a hidden passage cuts through the western earth. People may have lived there before they forgot the name, or the fairies may have taken the house and left the shape behind.
In level grassland. Well-preserved almost circular rath (D 34m) defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. A Man-made underground passage (GA073-126001-) is located in W half of the intenor. A CBG (GA073-127----) lies c. 180m to S. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010 This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 621.

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